We now know from which eight countries the winner of the World Cup will come. There are four South American nations, three European nations and one African nation.There is the prospect that all four semi finalists could be South American with the draw shaping up like this:


Netherlands vs. Brazil
Uruguay vs. Ghana
Argentina vs. Germany
Paraguay vs. Spain

Every group bar Group C (England’s group) has a representative in the quarter finals. Group D has both qualified teams through to the last eight (Germany and Ghana).

The draw has allowed for a couple of surprise names in the semi finals with one of Uruguay and Ghana guaranteed to be there; and Paraguay in with a chance too.

The Argentina vs. Germany match in particular should be a spicy affair with the modern history between the two sides. The most recent World Cup meeting was in the 2006 World Cup quarter finals when Germany beat Argentina. With that memory still being so fresh much of the current Argentine squad will be wanting revenge.

The history goes further back though to 1990. In the World Cup final of that year Germany defeated Argentina. The Argentine nation will be hoping to go some of the way to avenging the hurt of 20 years ago. For Argentina this will be one of the biggest games in their modern history.

The quarter finals kick off on 2nd of July…they will be tasty.

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